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Tanzania
Samia Suluhu Hassan casts her net continent-wide to reboot Tanzania's economy

Tanzanian President Samia Suhulu Hassan (right) and her Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni, 20 May 2021. © Anthony Siame/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The emissaries of the new Tanzanian president are trying to drum up the interest of their east African neighbours as well as of Morocco and Egypt. [...]

Published on 22/07/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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